> On May 4, 1:50, Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> > I tried to duplicate the bootable VMS 7.1 CD on my Sony CD-R drive and it
> > didn't work. (Using Adaptec EZ CD creator's "Clone" facility) So I
> guessed
> > it was the block size issue.
> > --Chuck
>
> More likely just a format that EZ CD can't read -- it understands ISO-9660,
> RockRidge extensions, and Joliet extensions, but I suspect the VMS CD (like
> most Solaris, IRIX, etc) isn't ISO format. If you have access to a
> unix/linux box, try reading it with 'dd' (that's how I copy Solaris, Mac
> HFS, IRIX EFS/XFS, etc).
>
> As several others have said, all data mode CDs have 2048-byte "sectors" on
> the physical medium (2352 bytes if audio).
>
> --
>
> Pete Peter Turnbull
> Dept. of Computer Science
> University of York
>
>
I believe the newest Adaptec EZ-CD can't do non-ISO or Audio stuff...
I think that the Linux and Unix stuff can...
Bill
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Received on Thu May 04 2000 - 15:55:29 BST